214 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



Two acres more were dressed with the same quantity of liquid 

 manure as the three acres just described, (85 loads to the acre,) and 

 as an additional dressing to one acre of 500 lbs. of Loyd's super- 

 phosphate of lime, and to the other 500 lbs. of guano. 



The acre manured with the super-phosphate produced 320 bushels. 

 The acre dressed with guano yielded 270 bushels, an advantage of 

 50 bushels in favor of the super-phosphate over the guano. 



A strip 18 feet wide, in continuation of that before described, but 

 connected with the two acres last spoken of, was dressed with liquid 

 manure only, and yielded at the rate of 225 bushels per acre. 



TuKNiPS. — Number of acres sown was four; yield, 1,760 bushels. 



Two acres upon the plain lot, manured with 85 loads of liquid 

 manure and 300 lbs. of guano per acre, produced 902 bushels, or 451 

 bushels per acre. 



One acre of Skirving's Swedish turnip, manured with 300 lbs. of 

 guano, produced 385 bushels. 



One acre of white French turnips, manured with 8^ cords of barn 

 cellar compost, produced 473 bushels of large, fine turnips. 



Beets. — The number of bushels of beets, including all varieties, 

 was 285, raised on about one acre of land. 



Parsnips. — 124 bushels were raised on half an acre of land. 



Cabbages. — The number of cabbages raised was 5,000 heads, 

 2,900 of which were on the trenched land in front of the piggery, and 

 2,100 from seeds scattered among the onion seed when purchased, 

 and were allowed to grow among the onions. 



Onions. — 448 bushels of onions were raised upon two acres of 

 ground. One acre on the plain, manured with 50 loads of liquid 

 manure and 8-j cords of barn cellar manure and 200 bushels of leached 

 ashes, produced 383 bushels of fine onions and 1,012 heads of drum- 

 head cabbages. 



One acre on field No. 1, (trenched land,) manured with 8J- cords of 

 barn cellar manure and 300 bushels of leached ashes, produced 110 

 bushels of marketable onions, a small yield, but as much as could be 

 reasonably expected, since sufficient time has not yet elapsed since 

 the trenching, for the completion of the chemical changes which must 

 be wrought in the upturned subsoil to render such soil productive. 

 The land is, however, in fine condition for future operations, and the 



